Xbox Game Pass has a multiplayer gem that is much better than you think it is

Xbox game pass It regularly gets new games, but its catalog of titles is now so large that it’s easy to get lost or forget about games that have been on the service for a long time. If you’re like me, you’ll put games on your ‘play later’ list, a bunch of digital embarrassment that you know full well will make titles go away before you’ve even had a chance to try them. It’s okay. It’s what Game Pass is: an ever-changing all-you-can-eat buffet. You know the pizza is always going to be there, but you may need to gobble down the Moroccan spiced lamb before replacing it.

One of those games is human fall shot of curve games Y Games without brakes. Thankfully, it’s pizza in this contrived analogy, and it’s served in more than one place: It’s on Xbox Game Pass (console, PC, and cloud), as well as the PS Plus Extra tier for PS4 and PS5. Hooray for subscription services!

The opening moments with Human Fall Flat introduce the slightly unusual controls, which focus on using your character’s featureless arms to deal with the game world; in the hand soaked in slime. Human Fall Flat is often labeled “kid friendly”, and there’s no denying that it’s brilliant for younger players, but it’s fun for everyone if you give it a chance.

The aforementioned grappling controls allow you to control each arm independently, which when used together can lift your human form up onto platforms. That’s the basic setup: scaling things. What makes Human Fall Flat so much fun is the variety in level designs (each with their own open mini-area to explore), which combine tricky, often wobbly platforming with a bit of puzzle-solving.

Dare I say it, but there’s a touch of Indiana Jones/Uncharted to some of the daring situations you find yourself in, with a friend if you choose to play online (up to eight players) or split-screen. But instead of being carried away by the show like in Sony’s tremendous action adventure, in Human Fall Flat you feel like you’re in control. It’s kind of the seat of your pants, seconds before you touch the fabric, a kind of thrill ride that often ends in disaster, but feels amazing when done right.

Human Fall Flat is the perfect example of a game I only discovered through Game Pass (and others, no doubt, through PS Plus Extra). Looking for a game to play with my son, we gave it a spin and it has been a staple of our playtime ever since. It helps that the developers have provided a lot of new content for free, which, frankly, feels a little too nice given that the base game was already part of our subscription.

I know Human Fall Flat sold well and reached a lot of gamers, but if you see it while scrolling through the list of games on Xbox Game Pass or PS Plus, don’t dismiss it as a cheesy kid’s game. It is, but it is also much more than that. It’s a good time for everyone.